Walking cane



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WALKING GANE Filed 0G13. 3, 1929 BY @ffm/:Q55

A TTURNEYJ Patented @et 20, 1931 ahiTlD STATES WLADYSLAW JASINSKI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WALKING CANE Application filed october 3, 1929. Serial No. 397,031.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in will-:ing canes of the type disclosed in my Fat-ent L11/45,994 patented July 15, 1915.

rlhe primary object of this invention is to provide a walking cane with longitudinally split handle which may be folded on a hinge joint to a horizontal position for forming a temporary seat.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned chartion will become apparent during' the course of the following description forming a part of this specification and illustrated in t' ie accompanying drawings and set forth in the appended claims,

ln the drawings like characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a vcrtical side elevational view of the walking sti k showing' the folding handle in its position to be used as a handle for a walking stick.

Figure 2 is somewhat similar' view showing the foldable handle raised from its joint reaey to be extended in position to be used as a temporary seat.

Figure 3 is a vertical rear elevational view showing the foldable handle in its completely entende-c position to be used as a temporary seat.

Figure 4 is a vertical fragmentarj.7 sectional view illustrating' the manner of supporting the hinged handle sections, the sliding shank to which the handle sections are secured and the means for limiting the longitudinal movement of the shank.

Figure 5 is a vertical cross sectional view fromY lines 5 5 of Figure 3 illustrating the formation of the walking stick and the shank for holding the handle portions in their respective positions.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary top elevational view of the invention showing the hinge joint etween each of the foldable handle sections and the sliding shank, and Figure 7 is a transverse `cross sectional view taken on lines 7 7 of Figure 1 illustrating the construction of each foldable handle section. c Y Referring more in detail to the drawings, the reference character 10 designates the longitudinal shaft portion of a walking stick, which is formed by sections 11 and 12 held together by a tip 13 and a ferrule 14 at the upper end thereof. The handle portion of the cane 10 is arcuately curved and is formed by complementary sections 15 and 16 having a core formed of metal or composition sections 17 and 18 covered by bakelite sections 19 and 20. 7"

Each of the handle sections 15 and 16 are provided with bifurcated ears 22 adapted to lbe hinged to a sliding shank 23 at the uppermost end thereof by means of pins 24. The sliding shank 23 is formed of a fiat piece of metal tapering from its uppermost end to its lower portion, and is provided with a longitudinal slot 25 formed in the intermediate portion of the shank and a depression 23a is formed at the lower portion of the shank. The sliding shank 23 is adapted to be received in cutaway portions of each of the complementary faces of the cane sections 11 and 12 whereby an opening v26 is formed which tapers from the metal ferrule 14 downwardly where it terminates adjacent further cutaway portion 27 in the cane section 11 wherein is received a spring finger 28 having a projecting portion 29 adapted to be received in the depression 23al of the shank 23. The uppermost portion of the opening 26 is enlarged as at 30 to receive the bifurcated ears 22 of t-he handle sections 15 and 16, as more clearly shown in Figure 5.

A lretaining pin 31 extends between the sections 11 and 12 of the cane 10 and passes through the longitudinal slot 25 of the shank 23 for limiting the vertical movement thereof, when the handle sections 15 and 16 are extended in the position shown in Figures 3 and 4 for forming a temporary seat.

When the handle sections 15 and 16 are folded into the position shown in Figures 3 5 and 4, the sliding shank 23 is pulled upwardly until it is stopped by the pin 31 and the handles and 16 are adapted to be supported by the edges 32 and of the ears 22, upon the upper edge 21 of the metal ferrule 14. lo When it is desired to use the device as a conventional form of walking stick the handie sections 15 and 16, are folded in the position shown in Figure 2 and pushed downwardly to cause the sliding shank 23 and the 15 depression 23a to be moved down into enagement with the projection 29 of the spring nlger 28.

t is to be understood, that while the form of the invention herein shown and described 2 is to be taken as a preferred embodiment of the same and that minor changes may be made without departing from the spiritof the invention or the scope of the subjoining claims.

What I claim is 1. A folding walking cane of the character described comprising a two part cane, having a longitudinal rectangular opening in the upper center of the cane formed by mating flat walled depression in the two part, said open- .39 ing being tapered from its upper end to its lower end, a tapered fiat metal shank slidably mounted in the longitudinal opening, a pair of similarly shaped handle sections hinged to the upper end of the shank having complementary faces, adapted to be folded to present the complementary faces to each other and forming a sea-t when in their extended position, said opening being laterally enlarged at its lower end, a sprin g catch set into the lateral enlargement for engagement with the lower end of the shank to retain the device in cane formation, and means for limiting the longitudinal movement of the sliding shank. 2. A folding cane seat of the character described comrising a cane having a central longitudinally tapered opening extending from the top thereof to nearly the central portion of the cane, a fiat metal tapered shank having a depression in its lower end slidably mounted in the longitudinal opening. a pair of handle sections adapted to be unfolded into a 'seat and re ectively hinged to the upper endof the shding shank, a spring finger mounted in the lower end of the central longitudinal opening adapted to engage the depression formed in the lower end of the lank, for holding the shank in the opening wl'iereby the handle sections will be held together to form one handle and means for limitng the outward opening of the shank when the handle sections are used as a seat.

I'n testimony whereof I affix my signature.

. i l WLADYSLAW JAsINsKI. 

